Parkes understood that this could not be achieved without a union of the colonies and he proposed that the colonial parliaments appoint a convention of leading men to " . devise the Constitution for a federal government with a federal parliament for the conduct of national business ..a parliament of two houses; a house of commons and a senate."... Later Parkes stated that Australia must learn from the example of Canada and the USA regarding national unity. ... Edmund Barton attempted to steer the commonwealth Bill through the New South Wales parliament. ... This was an original propo...

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John Sinclair claims that the advertising expenditure here, per head of population, is better than France or Germany, and trails just behind Britain and Canada. ... Comparing this figure to figures in S, Cunningham's "Framing Culture", whereby it states countries like Britain, who are required to broadcast 80 to 85 per cent indigenous product and Canada around 60 per cent, we see that Australia's government quota is far from excessive. (1992; 59) It is from this 50 per cent that the distinct Australian cultural identity is maintained, or manufactured. ...

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Paul Keating was right, when he said in his maiden speech to parliament in 1970, "It is time we considered the enormous cost of bringing migrants to this country" . ... As in the USA, Canada and New Zealand, Australia has incorporated the best features of British culture - the balance of law, freedom and order, separation of public services and politics, conf...

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